AirportsKirovsk-Apatity Airport is a small airport serving Apatity, in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is KVK.
Key facts
- IATA code
- KVK
- ICAO code
- XLMK
- City
- Apatity
- State or region
- Murmansk Oblast
- Country
- Russia
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 67.4629° N, 33.5853° E
- Elevation
- 157 m (515 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,500 m (8,202 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, KVK means Kirovsk-Apatity Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: XLMK. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 67.4629° N, 33.5853° E. It stands 157 metres (515 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Murmansk, about 169 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Moscow, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Kirovsk-Apatity Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,500 metres (8,202 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 136 airports of Russia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 84.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 2,500 m 8,202 ft | 42 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Emperor Nicholas II Murmansk AirportMurmansk | MMK | 151 km |
| Kuusamo AirportKuusamo, Finland | KAO | 252 km |
| Solovki AirportSolovetsky Islands | CSH | 287 km |
| Kirkenes Airport, HøybuktmoenKirkenes, Norway | KKN | 293 km |
| Vadsø AirportVadsø, Norway | VDS | 326 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 5,194 km | 6 h 45 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,047 km | 7 h 45 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,924 km | 6 h 25 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 2,560 km | 3 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,563 km | 8 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,496 km | 10 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 9,047 km | 11 h 25 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,034 km | 9 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,626 km | 18 h 05 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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